Key holder



E. SERVILLA May 17, 1932.

KEY HOLDER Filed Jan. 16, 1931 mvE NTOR ATTORNEY Patented May 17, 1932UNITED STATES EMILIANO SERVIIIIIA, OF ANTILLA, CUBA KEY HOLDERApplication filed January 16, 1931. Serial No. 509,229.

The invention relates to a key holder, and has for its primary object toprovide a devlce of this character, wherein a key or keys can bedetachably coupled and the coupling element L removably supported upon afastener constituting a slide for a belt or other waist band or waistembracing element, the coupling and fastener being novel in form.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a key holder of thischaracter wherein a key or keys, when coupled, will be firmly held, soas to avoid the accidental loss of the key from the coupling, yet saidkey can be readily detached at the will of the wearer or L15. user ofthe holder.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a holder of thischaracter wherein a group of keys, when coupled, can be individuallyseparated or the group detached without the releasing of one or all ofthe keys in the group, the holder being of such construction that thecoupling can be worn suspended from the waist of a person or carriedwithin the pocket, at the option of the user of the holder.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a key holderof this character wherein the coupling is locked closed in a novelmanner and one portion thereof constitutes a ring for a key or keys andthe other an attaching terminal or loop, so that the said coupling canbe detachably supported suspended from a slide upon a belt or otherwaist embracing element.

provision of a holder of this character which is extremely simple inconstruction, strong, durable, adaptable for the grouping of one or anumber of keys, thoroughly reliable and eflicient in its purpose, neatand attractive in appearance and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as willbe hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and which discloses the perferred embodiment ofthe invention, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

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A still further object of the invention is the In the accompanyingdrawings Figure 1 is an edgeelevation of a holder constructed inaccordance with the invention,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the holder, a portion thereof being insection.

V Figure 8 is a plan view of the coupling of the holder detached.

Figure 4 is an edge elevation thereof.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 2, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the key holder comprises a couplingmember 10 which in this instance is made from a single length of wirebent to efiect a substantially keyhole shaped frame, the circularportion 11 thereof constituting the key receiving end, while thesubstantially rectangular shaped extension 12 has formed therein at oneside a gap 13 to effect the mouth or opening to the coupling. Theextremity of the wire forming the coupling member 10 confronting the gap13 is bent outwardly to provide a bill 14 and embracing this extension12 is a sleevelike slide 15, the same being formed with an aperture 16designed to receive the bill 14, which latter, when engaged in theaperture 16, holds said slide in a position to close the gap 13 and inthis manner latch the coupling member 10 closed. On depressing the sideextension of the extension 12, the bill 14 will be extracted from theaperture 16 and upon shifting the slide 15 on said extension 12, the cap18 will be opened so that a key or keys can be threaded on to thecoupling member to loosen or engage therewith in the ring 11 thereof.

Adapted to be mounted upon a belt or other waist embracing device is ahanger for the coupling member and this hanger comprises a loop 17,preferably made from a single piece of fiat strip-like material, one endbeing bent on itself to effect a depending hook 18 and the other endbent to provide a closure tongue 19 for the hook 18, as is clearly shownin Figure 1 of the drawings. The loop 17 is designed to embrace the beltor other waistengaging device so that the hook 18 depends therefrom inthe position as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, and engaged in thishook is the closed end 20 of the extension 12 of the coupling member 10so that the latter can be detachably worn at the waistline of a user ofthe holder.

What is claimed is A key holder of the character described comprising acoupling member formed from a single length of wire bent to provide ayieldable key receiving ring and a rigidloop like extension open at oneside, an outturned bill on one end of the wire, said bill being on thering side of the opening, and a sleeve-v like slide of a length fittedto the extension to close the side opening therein and having anaperture for, the snapping engagement 1 therein of the bill to lock theslide in closed relation to the opening in one side of the extension. a

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. EMILIANO SERVILLA.

